Project Grant SZA60010GR025

The International Museum of the Horse will conserve equestrian artifacts and improve storage conditions through a $421,702 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program. Funded from October 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the museum will hire a leather conservation specialist and five technicians to treat leather artifacts damaged by mold. Staff will rehouse objects, update collection records and photos, and install air filtration and clean the...

This Project Grant award, valued at $184,000.00, was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) through the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The funding will support the conservation of the California Museum of Photography's camera collection, a nationally significant cultural heritage asset. The award aims to preserve and protect these important historical artifacts through professional conservation...

The Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) received a $210,705 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program to deliver conservation services that will help regional museums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its "Preserving Jobs that Preserve Collections" initiative, ICA will retain specialized conservation staff to provide immediate expertise to museums, historical societies, and other...

The Philbrook Museum of Art received a $934,795 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to safeguard and preserve its Native art collection. The grant funding will enable the museum to coordinate the installation of fire suppression and new smoke detection systems, as well as outfit storage and gallery areas with security cameras and access control panels. This preservation effort will ensure the museum's...

The federal Project Grant award F24AP02949 for $1,618,099.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) program. The purpose of this 4-year project is to support elephant conservation efforts in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park and surrounding areas. Key activities include: conducting ground, aerial and marine law enforcement and monitoring patrols; deploying 16 elephant satellite collars to track...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $114,326 project grant to Yale University under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation federal grant program. The grant will support collaborations between Yale University Gallery and the National Museum Lagos in Nigeria to promote active and preventive conservation of late 19th and early 20th century Yoruba wood objects. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for...

This $116,325 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, supports the conservation, transportation, and storage of 95 museum objects from various national parks. Key activities include: Performing conservation treatments to stabilize artifacts, packing and transporting collections, designing custom storage solutions for over 1,275 items, and conducting condition...

The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) received a $343,812 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve 2,202 works of art on paper and other collections held at the MNA's Easton Collections Center over three years. The award falls under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program. Through this funding, MNA will rehouse works currently stored in acidic containers into archival-quality presentation mats and mobile...

This federal Project Grant award of $559,338, provided by the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929), will fund conservation and collections housing for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia. The grant will support preservation and conservation efforts for the museum's nationally significant historic collections and cultural artifacts. This includes stabilizing and protecting the museum's holdings through improved storage and...

This Project Grant award of $341,983.00 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) supports a study exploring the use of energy-efficient Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for passive temperature control of micro-climates in partially-controlled or uncontrolled collection environments. The study aims to evaluate the performance of PCMs as a sustainable preventive conservation measure, conducting...